dubai_phil

Good shout. Now can you be really useful and send us the lottery numbers for Saturday thx

The article I'm really looking forward to reading would be by Andrew Cowen My year (and a bit) in the Wildeerness (Just what DID he and Rupe's do while concocting their cunning plan?) Followed by Leon My regrets And then of course, anything by Scooby But I actually agree with the idea of Trousers and the Takeover column. Just imagine an abuse-free zone where he can really (libel laws permitting) get the facts behind such great stories as "LLS - my part in Bournemouth's downfall." "The Tyre Kickers Guide to the Universe", "Yachting for Beginners" - wonderful stuff And then, following on from an idea based on what used to be a wonderful monthly article in "The Coombe Bissett & Homington Express" by Deirdre Millhench (God bless her) called "It occurs to me..." we could have IMHO by Morph Bring it on I say (Oh and of course - as per my previous post which I humbly take the credit for giving this idea to the guys for... How to write a weather report - by ericofarabia - better known - as the - Pray you are not on a plane trying to land in Dubai while the resident Air Traffic Controller is dancing around the Tower having just found out we've whipped Norwich at home story.....:-)

Ah The Elton John gig at Dubai Creek.... just him, a piano, 14.999 people and a ****ed cow from Sheffield who wouldn't shut up, and, after I asked her kindly to shut up, her squeeze swung and missed and then discovered I was out with the lads from the local Dubai Dragons rugby team... guess who went for an unexpected swim in her "little black number" - great days those and the gig was good - but shame the sound system was crap. Meanwhile on the same theme, it's concert season here in the Emirates and just about every major star is lined up to appear on stage before Christmas, Kylie, Madge, Christina Aggy, Sting, Maroon 5, Queen and some bloke, but of course the biggest night will be Phil doing the Buggles at Karaoke on Friday - Yes Ramadan is ended, Eid is here and although we are back to normal on the beer front it does mean one thing.... All the Middle East investors and businessmen now have only 3 months to close out their annual plans and budgets. Having slept through the summer and Ramadan, commercial activity will begin to pick up speed very quickly. Will this mean that Fulthorpe's mysterious ME investor will now answer his phone? What wil be the true reaction to Abu Dhabi's takeover of Man City? Will the other Gulf States join the race to waste zillions on basket case PL teams when they could buy into a new vision with us. Don't hold your breath gang.... Only two days to Friday

I take full credit for the result last night. Learnt the lesson on Saturday - keep off the prediction thread, keep off the build up thread. Stay away from the commentary, and don't post in the match threads. And look what happens! That's now 3 league games - Derby, Donny & Norwich Which poses a dilemna - what the frack am I going to do for the day when we're on telly? Great result, got the text on the way back from the pub. Won't get carried away as consistency takes time with the youngsters but another giant leap in the right direction after the massive backwards steps in the previousl couple of weeks. Well done to the gallant 14,400

Yep that's what it said on the boarding pass. Whoever was doing the trial had a sense of humour I was supposed to be Ms C Hunt Mate was Mr A T Watt One guy I saw was Mr O Wattafooniname We walked out a hangar onto a bus which drove to the terminal where we got out, went through passport control, collected bags with numbers on that weren't our own (HEY London - The BAGGAGE SYSTEM WORKED!) Went though customs, got strip searched (not funny) it as a JOKE about not being my bags officer Then left the bags in one heap got a new folder and two new bags, went and checked in again in the terminal (I Can't BELIEVE I tried and asked for an upgrade on an imaginary flight - wasn't feeling myself) Checked in my bags, back through passport control went into the shiny new terminal and got a free coffee and a salad, walked to the departure gate, gave them my boarding pass, walked down the jetway, got onto a bus and went back to the hangar where I gave in my survey form and collected my goodie bag was tres cool

Yep, possibly, my golf buddy is Canadian, when I joke with him about the economy and Canada he replies - I have no idea how it's going, I call all my mates and get ansafone messages saying that they are down in Florida buying $3million waterfront villas for $180,000 at foreclosure auctions. He reckons another 12 months of recessiona nd the Canadians will be at war with China over who actually owns America. meanwhile well done Long Shot, it's tough even trying to help post anything relevant to takeovers, and bet Trousers had a fun afternoon being detective again:-) Eid Mubarak one and all

So the two people who put a bet on became 4 people and one who bumped into JF who'd never met before kept the winning ticket and collected all the money Good glad that's straight then, helps make the rest of it clearer :-) Only joshing, but just to be sure LS - please tell us 1) you didn't take a briefcase with you at any point in the weekend and 2) weren't wearing a tank top jumper or short sleeves with a tie, 3) you aren't in the 2nd hand aircraft or construction business and 4) your first name isn't Barry and you've never tried to buy Bournemouth

Thursday had the sh*ts Fri - had the sh*ts so spent both days at home watching DVD's Sat - felt better "flew" from Mauritius to Dubai, then from Dubai to London and all before kick-off as a volunteer guinea pig for the new airport terminal, got a Prayer Mat & 5,000 airmiles as a gift which I used before KO. Met up with an old friend (cute chick), made it to dinner with cute chick (praise the Lord for medication) Sunday drove the cute chick home late evening Monday sh*ts cured other bits sore. (Oh cute chick pointed out that Prayer Mat was actually a pair of ornate Arabic style Cushion Covers - doh) memo to self - Must stay sober more often 12/10 again two weekends in a row - I LUURRVVE Ramadan

Yes people do know the answers No they don't post on here And if anyone DID know the answers who post on here they couldn't because then they'd be ITK and we all know what that means HTH :-) But in reality, it has been stated in print that the club would welcome the right investors and are willing to talk to anybody who has a proof of funds (been mentioned enough onn here as well) - after the shenangians of HMR & tommac, that line is pretty darned important as it means that middlemen can't apply, only moneyedmen. Hence no tyre kickers and no ITK threads on here since May. The PROBLEM then simply becomes one of politics. It's been stated in writing but a large majority don't believe it. Can't blame them really

Yep = see what happens when you have a dose of the sh*ts and can't go down the pub at the weekend. My apologies, won't happen again

spoke to him while down the pub last week, he's still up for it but keeps getting put off by a split loyalty customer base for some reason..... allegedly

Simple then. New weeklycolumn called the rant. Full Members send in their article to an email box and the admin post based on Funniest Controversialness (is that a word) Informative Topical Being a (marginally) commercial venture now, they need to pick the articles that would get the most readers and pull in new subscriptions (oh and only Full Members can submit so pay up SB) I would give an example for October's Issue Selling the Football Club by LLS Places to ski while listening to Saintstv by Sue Whistle How not to win an internet argument by many on here Minimising your International Phone Bill while being a Radio Star by Tijuana Tim Creating the perfect match day weather report by ericofarabia and finally giving smartarsed ideas to web sites for nothing that you could have made money out of by yours truly etc

USA/Germany/Canada. That worries me more than anything, USA PLC is broke, you can buy a billion dollar bank for 50p and a rail card. Germany's economy is going down faster than a cheap street-walker and Canada... In other words a buch of people getting together to put money into a speculative business venture. Don't like the idea of it. Could have more personalities involved than we've had chairman in the past coupe of years Now if he had said "Sovereign Wealth Fund" or owner of a major corporation, game on and likely to work long term. All in favour of a take over, but it HAS to be sensible, we can't afford a leveraged buy-out in this climate or another let's go Wilde

Joking aside, nail on the head. To be really successful, the guys need balance in viewpoints - doesn't need a luvvie but there's 3 sides to every coin sort of thing. And by offering SB or Scooby the chance to write a column to clarify their viewpoints, identify the facts they use to vindicate their positions would, in all probability be priceless. and very short lived Oh and I'm sure Hiley still has a soft spot for the club, maybe he'd like to send us a view from on high once in a while

We can watch the UAE Premier League down here for about 5 quid, or even the Asian Champions League for about the same featuring World Cup and International stars and managers We don't because it isn't OUR football get the concept Alps, but it is never really the same and until "The Revolution" comes these ideas and dreams are written up everyday in every fan blog and just about every leading newspaper. Until some big names go, things won't change

I know I already hate myself for the idea, but they can't get enough fans into notarf krap. They need 130mil to build a 36,000 stadium that nobody wants to give them We need 10 mil injection to be able to move forward and strengthen the squad each season So it seems obvious, let them sell notarf krap for redevelopment, let them play at SMS for 10 mil rent a year But of course we keep a loophole in the contract so that they can only do this after they sell notarf, and we make the contract on one of the minor holding companies owned by SLH and then of course we liquidate the subsidiary after they have paid, and leave them where they belong, ground sharing at Havant & Waterlooville

Well nickh the idea of the thread was right - but anyone who stopped watching News at Ten years ago can tell anyone left in the UK that the ONLY news is Bad News. It's only when you come away that you suddenly understand what those Aussie bstds mean when they go on about Whingeing Poms... So the forum melt down after the Barnsley game but was as quiet as the grave after a (allegedly) scrappy but useful win. So, if I may be so bold, may I hopefully state that I seriously wish - nay even Pray - that this board stays as quiet as the grave for the rest of the season after games..... But no doubt the "admin" hope we are nice and busy on here:-) We need to stabilise the kids so that we can win some games and stay in this league FIRST, then we can play "fight the politics" from maybe November time onwards, ONCE the team has "bedded" (oops with our lot should be "cotted" in...) we can properly turn our attentions and efforts in the right directions (the opposition each week as well as the structure of the club) instead of at each other

OK in summary the prayer mat worked I'm now banned from all match threads or listening online the rugby was crap thx to EoA for txting me the updates. Off to celebrate

ah sod it, off to watch the game on the telly downstairs, my own fault trying to get the prayer mat to work, let that bstd eric nick all the bandwidth again (don't waste one of your posts protesting your innocence save it for later) Anyway on the bright side according to my Google toolbar, the weather today is Loading.... I think that is a first and obviously a good omen mind you so are the donuts - how strange

oh great a sainst tv decides not to work day ho hum SJ had flu,people on here said he had flu He's picked to play with flu and goes off after 14mins brilliant

Simple maths and finance. If he had not signed a contract he was a free agent and could go anywhere for next to nothing. This way he has gone to Sheff Utd for oh next to nothing Although we have gained a squad player so you could say we got value, also there is the possibility that IF he does ok up there they will want to buy him for real money = after all this is a classic Rupe's deal - Dyer goes there just as they are about to come into 30million quid..... Wait for Scooby to tell us how clever the maestro is

Nooooooooooo We can't do that - it will be Friday again soon - we might miss the takeover

yeah, but I bet they don't force you lot to ONLY work a horrible 6 hour day. Thanks for the update, obviously one poster on here is fasting, it does that to you apparently, especially the non-smoking all day, but in which case it is only fair to respect his beliefs

Watch the revolving door mate IMHO Sheff U had a striker Wonder who has a winger? and wants an expensive proven goalscorer next

hello..... hello......... Is there anybody there? hello................. What happened? I thought that black hole machine thingy was broken? Wasn't it Friday today? I'm confused, is this the takeover news thread? Or is it the new on-line school of wit, reapartee and reposte? Just like to know so I can work out whether to check back next Friday or I should enrol for lessons in how to be controversial instead of analytical on the internet If it's the school, do I need to register? or do I just have to say something nice about Thailand? Thanks in advance for your help if anyone is there? Am I all alone here now Help?